The data were collected to assess levels of support among
citizens of the Moscow Oblast for democratic rights, institutions, and
processes, and to test several hypotheses about the democratic values
within socialist political systems. The data cover a broad array of
topics, including political tolerance, valuation of liberty, support
for the norms of democracy, rights awareness, support for dissent,
support for an independent media, support for the institution of
competitive electi... (more info)

The data were collected to assess levels of support among
citizens of the Moscow Oblast for democratic rights, institutions, and
processes, and to test several hypotheses about the democratic values
within socialist political systems. The data cover a broad array of
topics, including political tolerance, valuation of liberty, support
for the norms of democracy, rights awareness, support for dissent,
support for an independent media, support for the institution of
competitive elections, and anti-Semitism. Questions were asked about
the respondents' knowledge of current events in the Soviet Union,
interest in politics, familiarity and contact with political leaders,
level of political involvement, views on political issues, consumption
of alcoholic beverages, and attitudes towards specific social,
political, and ethnic groups. Demographic information includes age,
education, occupation, birthplace, religion, and marital status. The
self-administered portion of the data collection consists of a
personality inventory and a word game.

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Methodology

Sample:
A representative sample of the Moscow Oblast was drawn
using a two-stage process. In the first stage, 32 regions of Moscow and
54 populated areas of the Moscow Oblast were selected from all
geographical units within the Oblast. In the second stage, 550
respondents were randomly selected from lists of residents maintained
by the Central Address Bureau.